The widely accepted assertion that, only if you let markets be will everyone be paid correctly and thus fairly, according to his worth, is a myth. Only when we part with this myth and grasp the political nature of the market and the collective nature of individual productivity will we be able to build a more just society in which historical legacies and collective actions, and not just individual talents and efforts, are properly taken into account in deciding how to reward people.

Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.

Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.